Hello, I’m a little delayed in this thread, but I have a question. With the Anker GAN Prime, is there a way to tell how much battery is left in the power bank?
Thanks, Traci > On Nov 25, 2023, at 9:40 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > > You must live in a part of the world which may experience serious > storms/hurricanes where power outages can last many days. > Anker has such a solution as well, 2400 Watts (2048 WH or Watt Hours) with a > second battery to double that capacity and an optional 200 Watt capacity > solar charging panel: > Anker SOLIX F2000 (PowerHouse 767) - 2048Wh | 2400W - Anker Canada > And there is another company called Bluetty which does similar stuff. > Of course most people don't want to require a backpack to lug around their > battery and at least for me I don't need a separate hotspot because I have a > lot of data for my iPhone and if I want to use my laptop somewhere I don't > have Wi-Fi I can simply use my iPhone as a hotspot. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Kevin > Minor > Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2023 2:56 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Power Bank Etc. For iPhone and Storms > > Hi. > > I'll throw another power bank to consider. It's a lot more expensive, but for > what it does, it's great. Check out > > http://goalzero.com > > They make a battery that works quite well. I have two of these, the Yeti 200X > and the Yeti 1000X. The numbers refer to the wattage these give. The 200X has > an AC plug on it, two USB A, 2 USB c, and a 12 volt plug, which is a lighter > adaptor. It has a display on it, and weighs six pounds. I put it in a back > pack to power my 5G hot spot. The 1000X has the same plugs on it, with the > addition of a second AC outlet. As I said, these ain't cheap, the 200X > costing about $300, and the 1000X costing about $1,400. The 1000X is pretty > large, but I got it for a long lasting backup to power my internet, computer, > and smart speakers. If you want portability, what I'm mentioning isn't the > best solution, but it works for me. > > Just throwing something out there. Oh yeah, the 1000X can have another > battery added to it to give even longer lasting backup. I might do that at a > later time, but I think this adds $400 to the cost. These batteries also can > have solar cells added to them to charge them. > > Kevin and Jilly > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Mike > Arrigo > Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2023 4:44 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Power Bank Etc. For iPhone and Storms > > Anker makes great power banks, so does Mophie, Ugreen and Otterbox. > >> On Nov 24, 2023, at 2:25 PM, Margaret Thomas <avidrea...@fastmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi, All: >> >> Could someone recommend a power bank or something similar to use with my >> iPhone SE 2020 (SE 2) for power outages from storms etc.? I am not a techie >> and sighted assistance is normally not available. So, Be My Eyes etc. would >> have to be called upon for something visual. I recently heard about some >> models from Energrid that are supposed to be portable and accessible sold by >> Atguys, which I've heard about, but have never dealt with. >> >> I've heard about Anker products recommended many times on lists and I have >> an Amazon gift certificate. The iPhone is my only Apple product, but if >> there is some way I could also connect either my Victor Reader Stream 2 or >> VRS 3, that would be great. >> >> Any help would be greatly appreciated, >> >> Margaret >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: >> mk...@ucla.edu. 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